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There are many reasons why John Steinbeck added Candy to his book Of
Mice and Men. The first and foremost reason, which may not be so
obvious at first, is that Candy is in fact the narrator. He is the
narrator in a way because he is the one telling George and Lennie
about the ranch. Candy describes to them the people, their
personalities and who to stay away from.

When Candy is first introduced, he is called the 'old swamper'. We
only discover his name after a while. The first person Candy talks
about is Crooks, the 'nigger' stable. From this you can make out that
the others on the ranch are prejudice towards the stable buck, ' Ya
see the stable buck's a nigger,' Crooks is clearly disadvantaged due
to his skin colour. When the boss is finished talking to Lennie and
George, George tells Lennie off for talking. As Lennie is being told
off, George looked outside and found Candy standing there, thinking
Candy was eavesdropping, George repeatedly asks Candy why he was......

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